PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 315 Earlier coal or oil shale mining lease application

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 315

315 Earlier coal or oil shale mining lease application

(1) The ATP-related application must not be decided if—

(a) before the making of the ATP-related application, a coal or oil shale mining lease application was made for the land; and

(b) the mining lease application complies with the Mineral Resources Act , sections 245 and 246 , and any relevant provision of chapter 8 of that Act; and

(c) the mining lease application has not been decided.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a) the ATP-related application was made in response to an invitation in a notice given under the Mineral Resources Act , section 318BG and the application was made within 6 months after the giving of the notice; or

(b) the coal or oil shale mining lease applicant has given written consent to the petroleum lease application.

Note—

See however the Mineral Resources Act , chapter 8 , part 4 (Coal mining lease and oil shale mining lease applications in response to Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act preference decision).

See also the Mineral Resources Act , section 318AY (Earlier petroleum lease application).